Echoing double quotes

[Neo]

Ho do i get the echo command to echo double-quotes (""). I tried the command

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echo \042

but got \042 echoed in the CSH.
How is this done?

[distantvoices]

provided you use the gnu-unix echo, this works like this:

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echo " \"   \" "

you simply hide the quotes with a backslash from being parsed/interpreted by echo.

the dos/windows echo just outputs what you give it, so it is pretty ok to issue echo " " " " in the dos box.

[Neo]

That does not work in csh only i bash.

[distantvoices]

reliant unix echo with csh:

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echo ? " " " " ? 

this issues: " " " "

[mystran]

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<08:24:41|mystran@teemu:~>$ tcsh
teemu ~ > echo ' " foobar " '
 " foobar " 

In bash, either the above, or \" escaping works.

[Neo]

reliant unix echo with csh:

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echo ? " " " " ? 

this issues: " " " "

And if the text has single quotes in it too...?

[Candy]

What about telling echo to interpret them?

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echo -e "\042"

[Neo]

@candy: so it has to be in double quotes eh?
Thanks a lot anyway folks.

[Candy]

@candy: so it has to be in double quotes eh?
Thanks a lot anyway folks.

No, you need the -e. Otherwise it plain prints it, this way it interprets the \-stuff.